Is there a way to avoid having fullscreen SearchView/Keyboard on landscape?

Question

I'm trying to avoid having fullscreen keyboard editing on landscape in order to access to the suggestions.

I already read a lot of threads explaining that I have to add EditorInfo flags like flagNoFullscreen and/or flagNoExtractUi.

I added them programmatically but not really helpful.

Is there a way to figure this out?

Answer 1

It took me a while to figure this one out, but it's actually quite simple.

Initially I created a custom class that extended the SearchView class, and used a onCreateInputConnection() override, however I couldn't get it working that way.

I eventually got it working in a much more simple way, with just two added lines of code.

You just need to call search.getImeOptions() to get the current configuration, and then "or" the result with EditorInfo.IME_FLAG_NO_EXTRACT_UI with a call to setImeOptions():

Java:

search.setImeOptions(options|EditorInfo.IME_FLAG_NO_EXTRACT_UI);

Kotlin:

search.setImeOptions(search.imeOptions or EditorInfo.IME_FLAG_NO_EXTRACT_UI)

If you don't "or" with the existing options, then you don't get the "Search" completion button in the lower right, you just get a "Done" button instead.

Here is the full onCreateOptionsMenu() override I used to test (I used a SearchView in the xml, but this solution should work for you even if you're not inflating your SearchView from xml):

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {

    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);

    SearchManager manager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);

    SearchView search = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.action_search).getActionView();

    SearchableInfo si = manager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName());

    //Here is where the magic happens:
    int options = search.getImeOptions();
    search.setImeOptions(options|EditorInfo.IME_FLAG_NO_EXTRACT_UI);
    //!!!!!!!!!!!

    search.setSearchableInfo(si);

    search.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {

        @Override
        public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
            return false;
        }

        @Override
        public boolean onQueryTextChange(String query) {
            return true;
        }

    });
    return true;
}

Here is the xml I used for the SearchView in menu_main.xml:

<item android:id="@+id/action_search"
        android:title="Search"
        android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_search"
        app:showAsAction="always"
        app:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"
        />

Result without the call to setImeOptions():

Result with the call to setImeOptions():